BAe 146-200 C-GRNT (msn E2140) has been painted in the colors of new operator North Cariboo Air. After post-storage maintentance, she was ferried to Great Falls on 9 December, and returned to Calgary on 27 December. She will fly primarily in support of the oil sands industry, from North Cariboo’s […]
Two South Africa-based BAe 146s have recently found work in other countries. Freedom Air‘s BAe 146-200 ZS-SOV (msn E2077) was leased to Air Libya on an ACMI basis. She departed Wonderboom on 10 December. Meanwhile, Fair Aviation‘s BAe 146-200 ZS-AAY (msn E2044) left Lanseria for a contract in Benin. Recent […]
Defence contractor QinetiQ is set to acquire two Avro RJs to replace the BAC 111 and HS-748 Andover used at the Empire Test Pilots’ School (ETPS) at Boscombe Down. The first will be former BA CityFlyer RJ100 G-BZAY (msn E3368), while an RJ70 will be added later. G-BZAY, who had […]
Titan Airways subsidiary Snowjet resumed operations for the 2011-12 ski season with a flight to Sion on 17 December, operated by BAe 146-200QC G-ZAPK (msn E2148). As in previous years, a BAe 146 is being used for flights to Sion, while Boeing 737s serve Chambéry and other destinations. Space on […]
With Texas’ wildfires finally under control, Neptune Aviation‘s BAe 146-200 air tanker N146FF ‘Tanker 40’ (msn E2049), moved on to California on 8 December, to help with some remaining fires there. She was based at the US Forest Service’s (USFS) base at Porterville, and made her first drop on a […]
Over three months after a ceremonial “first flight” Indonesia’s Kaltim Airlines still hasn’t launched regular services, having so far failed to obtain an AOC from the Ministry of Transport. The airline was planning to use a BAe 146-100 leased from Penas Airlines on a route from Jakarta to Balikpapan and […]
Australia’s Cobham Aviation Services has extended leases on Avro RJ100 VH-NJY (msn E3331) and BAe 146-300QT VH-NJZ (msn E3126). The original leases were with BAE Systems, but the renewals are now with Falko. Cobham operates 17 BAe 146s and Avro RJs. Recent news items on Cobham Aviation Services:
